There’s a huge leap forward today for women around the world — President Obama repealed the global gag rule, which prohibited foreign aid from the US to countries that provided or even mentioned abortion in connection with family planning services.

On the heels of Congress reversing SCOTUS on the Lilly Ledbetter fair pay case, the Supreme Court unanimously has ruled that employers can’t retaliate against employees who cooperate with internal discrimination suits for implicating colleagues or supervisors.

SCHIP has passed the House, and today it’s up for debate in the Senate. Contact your Senators today to let them know you’re in favor for increased health care for children.

I’ll be hanging out with MojoMom this morning talking about the new Obama administration.

Keeping my fingers crossed that the weather doesn’t prevent me from lunching with one of the few who really “gets it” when it comes to working with people in the blogosphere.